Silshee High awards letters to 1959-60 teams
Athletic letters for Silshee High School 1959-60 football and basketball were announced by Coaches Hobbs Hetherington and McGahion. Football honorees include Dee Cunningham Randy Read Bo Tarver Nicky Gilbert Charlie Woodard Larry Paine Raymond Grisson Marvin Gordon Harold Bean Robert Modisette Donald Ward Richard Ratcliff Gene Roberts Bobby Pontes Sammie Barrow Kenneth Cones Joe Blackmon John Clawson Andrew Hare Boyce Ward John Hartman Bill Fields. Basketball lettermen include Roy Reeves Charles Green Keith Wingfield Mike Brookins Russell Wright David Drake Richard Ratcliff Robert Modisette Billy Tarver Kenneth Cones Tommy Hartman Jerry Biddle Nicky Gilbert Marvin Parker Randy Read, plus a B squad group.
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McGallion
Dee Cunningham
Randy Read
Bo Tarver
Nicky Gilbert
Charlie Woodard
Larry Paine
Raymond Grisson
Marvin Gordon
Harold Bean
Robert Modisette
Donald Ward
Richard Ratcliff
Gene Roberts
Bobby Pontes
Sammie Barrow
Kenneth Cones
Joe Blackmon
John Clawson
Andrew Hare
Boyce Ward
John Hartman
Bill Fields
Roy Reeves
Charles Green
Keith Wingfield
Mike Brookins
Russell Wright
David Drake
Billy Tarver
Tommy Hartman
Jerry Biddle
Marvin Parker
Jimmy Hargrove
Wayne Spurlock
George Harris
Don Hartman
Sammy Barrow
Sammie Cerniglia
Open House Set For W. J. Manning On 80th Birthday
A reception and open house at the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church will honor W. J. Manning on his 80th birthday. Hosts are his daughter Mrs Frances Peveto and his son James Manning. Manning born Feb 27 1880 and moved to Silsbee in 1922 to work for Santa Fe Railway.
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The
First Baptist Church
W. J. Manning
Frances Peveto
James Manning
Mr. Manning
Silsbee
Santa Fe Railway Company
Baptist Church
Silsbee Kiwanis Plan for Big Auction Sale
Silsbee Kiwanis Club announces its first big auction at City Park on Saturday April 2 to dispose of unwanted items. Weeks Crawford leads planning with collection committees including J C Perkins B A McMahon and others. items curbside pickup available via a collection phone line. Auctioneers E M Wilson Jr Newton Hopkins lead a day of selling to fund welfare work.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Weeks Crawford
J. C. Perkins
B. A. Mec- Mahon
Bill Wright
Don Brewer
Jack Hedge
Richard Jones
Melvin Winger
Lester Landgraf
E. M. Wilson Jr
Newton Hopkins
Kiwanis Club
Crawford
Hopkins Undergoes Surgery After Flu Illness
H C Hopkins member of the Silsbee city council underwent surgery at Baptist Hospital Beaumont Tuesday and is reported doing nicely at press time. He battled the recent flu epidemic and has been in the hospital for a week. family says he is improving and hopes to return home soon.
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H. C. Hopkins
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Hopkins
Five New Directors to Be Chosen by Silsbee Chamber
Ten nominees for director of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce were designated by the C of C nominating committee. Five will be elected by chamber members. Nominees include Ernie Dietrich R O Bob McClelland David Diden Clifton Caraway Leon Rabelais Claude C Coward John J Fordinal C E Richmond Dwight M Short and Lamoyne Goodwin. Outgoing directors listed. Ballots mailed soon must be returned by March 7.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Paul Georgas
Robert Neyland
Chamber
Mr. Neyland
Ernie Dietrich
R. O
Bob” McClelland
David Diden
Clifton Caraway
Leon Rabelais
Claude C. Coward
John J. Fordinal
C. E. Richmond
Dwight M. Short
Chance Loeb Up To Third With 852
Hardin County poll tax tally shows 7108 paid with Silsbee leading at 3128. Chance Loeb reports 852. Exemptions include 16 in Chance Loeb and 65 in Silsbee among others. no list kept for those over 60.
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Hardin County
Jeanette Morgan
Silsbee
Kountze
Caney Head
Chance Loeb
Plank
Village Mills
Honey Island
Thicket
Wotaw
Grayburg
Saratoga
Pack 88 Blue Gold Banquet Honors Cub Scouting
Two hundred members and guests gathered at the Kirby school cafetorium for Pack 88 to celebrate the 50th birthday of scouting in the United States. County Judge Fletcher Richardson spoke on cubbing history in Silsbee and praised leaders and boys in Cub Scouting. Thirty-seven Cubs received advancement or achievement awards as Jeff Porter of Beaumont performed magic tricks.
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United States
Kirby School
Fletcher Richardson
Silsbee
Jeff Porter
Beaumont
Services Held for Dan Cook Lifelong Silsbee Resident
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church for Daniel H. Cook 71 known as Dan Cook lifelong Silsbee resident. He died Monday at Hardin County Hospital Kountze. He was a WWI veteran a former merchant and member of Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion and the First Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife daughters stepchildren a brother two sisters and 13 grandchildren. Burial followed at Knapple CemeteryFarmers Funeral Home directed pallbearers named.
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Daniel H. Cook
Dan Cook
Silsbee
First Baptist Church
R. E. Barclay
Mr. Cook
Hardin County Hospital
Port Arthur
Hardy Tom Walker
Orlando
Fla
Pat Mott
Albert Cook
Nora Salyer
Minnie Woodward
Lottie Sharp
Mittie Courts
Nederland
Knapple Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Clarence DeHart
C. F Walker
H. H. Harrison
Frank Payne
Louis Sellers
W. R. Hulin
Funeral services held Wednesday for Sam Spurlock
Funeral services for Sam B Spurlock 68 of Silsbee were held at 9 A M Wednesday in the chapel of Farmer Funeral Home with Rev W A Rashall and Rev T B Patilip officiating. He died Monday night at a Beaumont hospital after a long illness. He was survived by his wife Hattie, a daughter Mrs C F Earnest, two sons Britton and George, a brother Fanders Simmons, a sister Mrs Bill Martin, six grandchildren and pallbearers J A Glidwell Doyce Cartrett W L Spurlock Jasper Wiggins Ivey O Quinn and Bud Ruggles. Interment followed in Resthaven cemetery under direction of Farmer Funeral Home.
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Sam B Spurlock
Silsbee
Farmer’ Funeral Home
W. A. Rashall
Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church
T. B. Patilip
Hattie Spurlock
C. F. Earnest
Britton
George Spurlock
Fanders Simmons
Spurger
Bill Martin
J. A. Glidwell
Doyce Cartrett
W. L Spurlock
Jasper Wiggins
Ivey O’quinn
Bud Ruggles
Resthaven Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Sheriff's Report Shows 27 Arrests
Deputy Dave Rountree reports a quiet county week with 27 total arrests. Twenty were jailed for drunkenness, four for affray, and three for drunk in car.
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Dave Rountree
First Baptist Revival Services Begin Sunday
Week-long revival at First Baptist Church of Silsbee starts Sunday Feb 28 with Evangelist Carroll Chadwick of Center in charge. Glen Walker leads songs. services daily at 10 am and 730 pm. nursery available. Rev R E Barclay is pastor.
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First Baptist Church of
Silsbee
Carroll Chadwick
Center
Glen Walker
R. E. Barclay
Birth Announcements From Kiowa and Kountze
Mr and Mrs Thomas Ray Moore of Kiowa Kansas are parents of Robert Andrew born February 18 Mrs Moore is Cynthia Ann Neely Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Shelby L Neely and Mr and Mrs Bruce Moore formerly of Silsbee Now in Kiowa Kansas James son born February 17 in Hardin County Hospital to Mr and Mrs James Elgin Johnson of Kountze Parents of Judy Kay born February 17 in Hardin County Hospital are Mr and Mrs Albert Erwin Sr of Kountze Also Mr and Mrs J H Gandy of Kountze are parents of Theresa Ann born February 17 in Hardin County Hospital
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Thomas Ray Moore
Kiowa
Kansas
Robert Andrew
Moore
Cynthia Ann Neely
Shelby L. Neely
Jcity
Bruce Moore
Silsbee
James
Hardin County Hospital
James Elgin Johnson
Kountze
Albert Erwin Sr
Judy Kay
J. H. Gandy
Theresa Ann
Hardin County
Hos
B P W Club Meeting at Coed Beauty Shop
Silsbee Business and Professional Women’s Club meets tonight at 7 30 pm at Coed Beauty Shop on Highway 96 S. Celeste Johnson national security chairman will present a program and show a film on Nike Hercules guided missiles. Members asked to bring a guest.
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Silsbee Business and Professional Women’s Club
Highway 96 S
Celeste Johnson
National Security Chairman
Service Awards For Teachers Set During Schools Week
Public Schools Week in Silsbee begins with visitation day at Kirby Elementary and Waldo Mathews. Eighteen teachers and one school board member will receive service pins across events at the high school and Waldo Mathews.
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Silsbee
Kirby Elementary
Waldo Mathews
Waldo Mathews School
A. W. Dainwood
Helen Read
Margaret Choate
Cyprene Beck
Mignon Winger
Melvin Winger
Jane Cole
Jo Ann Hignett
Raymond McGallion
Lucille Thornton
Dorothy Smith
Bertha Mason
Sherman Warner
Doris Williams
Hattie Blackmon
Mathleen Brent
Willa Mae Johns
Eloise Bonner
Abram Miles
Ida Mae Wright
Silsbee High School
Frank Robinson
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaurmont
Francis J Hignett Former Resident Buried Tuesday
funeral services for Francis J Hignett 52 who died suddenly at his Houston home were held at 2 30 p m Tuesday in Former Funeral Home chapel. He formerly lived in Silsbee worked for Kirby Lumber Corp and is survived by three daughters a son two sisters five brothers and six grandchildren. Pallbearers included Emory Windham William Whitaker and others. Burial followed at Resthaven cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home direction.
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Francis J. Hignett
Houston
Funeral Home
Hignett
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corp
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Evelyn F. Curry
Evadale
Frankie Lee Hignett
Dianne Hignett
F. J. Hignett
A. Goolsbee
Galena Park
Harold Palmer
Kansas City
Floyd J
Jim Hignett
Colmesweil
Fletcher Hignett
Eagle Lake
Carl Hignett
Claude
R. A. Hignett
Lawton
Okla
Emory Windham
William Whitaker
Charlie Allen
Forest Pate
Roy Pate
R. E. Pate
Resthaven Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Isbell Named Oil Information Chairman for 1960
J C Isbell, local oil man, was named Oil Information Chairman in Silsbee for Petroleum’s Action program. J L James Jr of Gulf Oil announced the appointment at a meeting. The statewide effort provides speakers films and materials to educate teachers and students about the oil and gas industry.
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Petroleum
New “Action
Texas
J. C. Isbell
Silsbee Oil Information
J. L. James Jr
Gulf Oil Corporation
James
Isbel
Terry Gossett Named Distinguished Student at A and M
Terrence Gossett of Silsbee, a Texas A&M College student majoring in engineering, has been designated a Distinguished Student for the fall semester 1959. Criteria include registering for 15 or more hours and a GPA of at least 2.25 with no grade below that level.
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Terrence
Gossett of
Silsbee
Texas A&m College
Dean's List Update for All Saints College Student
Margaret Anne Robinson of Silsbee is named on the Dean's List for the third six weeks at All Saints College in Vicksburg Mississippi. She is a junior at the college.
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Margaret Anne Robinson
Wayne Robinson
Silsbee
All Saints’ College
Vicksburg
Wind and Cold Grip East Texas in Prolonged Winter
After 21 days of wind rain and cold, East Texas records 8.09 inches of precipitation at Evadale weather station. Locals describe the winter as the wettest and coldest in memory, with early seasonal rains and widespread flooding. Pulpwood and lumber operations face slowdowns while mills hold steady on supplies. forecasters warn of continued cold with possible sleet and freezing temps through Thursday.
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Silsbee
East Texas
Maude Kirkpatrick
U. S
Evadale
Town Bluff Lake
Dam B
East Texas Pulp and Paper Mill
B. A. McMahon
Eastex
Kirby Lumber Corp
A. W. Dainwood
Earl Stover Speaks To Sorority Here
County Attorney Earl Stover was guest speaker for the Rho Upsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. His talk Express Yourself covered public presentation techniques. The sorority’s Public Speaking series closed and a new study on The Art of Thinking will begin.
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Earl Stover
Rho Upsilon
Beta Sigmi Phi
Jack Huffman
J. L. Hedleston
John Hartman
Read-Turrentine
Bill Wiess
Lions Hear Talk On Micro-Wave Radio-Telephone
Silsbee Lions heard Bill Hack a Gulf States Utilities engineer discuss a new micro-wave radio telephone system from Beaumont to Baton Rouge designed to speed emergency communications and provide secrecy. The 13 towers 50 feet high 25 to 30 miles apart support 48 simultaneous calls now with expansion to 120 or 240 channels later. Visitors included District Judge H A Coe and Jimmy Dickens from the health department as club members announced a certificate of achievement from Lions International for meeting the coming year’s quota.
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Silsbee Lions
Bill Hack
Gulf States Utilities
Beaumont
Baton Rouge
Commissioners Buy Distributor Right Of Way
County commissioners met in Kountze and authorized the purchase of an asphalt distributor for Commissioner E. E. Cotten of Saratoga. Brown-Ferris Equipment Co. of Houston bid $8,127 for a 1250 gallon machine mounted on a three ton truck from International Harvester of Beaumont at $3,333.55. They approved 9,639 acres of right of way from East Texas Pulp and Paper Co. for $963.90 on highway 943 and $55 for right of way from the Masterson estate on highway 770.
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Kountze
E. E. Cotten
Saratoga
Brown-Ferris Equipment Co
Houston
International Harvester
Beaumont
East Texas
Pulp and Paper Company
Earl Stover
Masterson
Funeral Services For J. L. Gammill Held In Silsbee
Last rites for 82 year old John E. Gammill of Silsbee were held Tuesday at the Silsbee Church of Christ. He retired from Kirby Lumber Corp. and died Monday in a Beau mont nursing home. Burial was in Resthaven Cemetery with Farmer Funeral Home directing. Survived by wife Mittie Cora Gammill, three sons, two daughters, a brother, four sisters, and six pallbearers.
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John E. Gammill
Silsbee
Silsbee Church of Christ
Mr.Gammill
Kirby Lumber Corp
Beaumont
J. L. Pourner
Evadale Church of Christ
E. R. Warner
County Cattlemen Debate Brucellosis Control in Kountze
County cattlemen gathered in Kountze to discuss gaining approval of Hardin county as a Type 1 Brucellosis control area. Voters in Kountze earlier approved the Type 1 program for Hardin county. Speakers Dick Carroll of Chambers and Gorden Hart of Liberty explained how the program works in their counties, already under Type 1 for over six months.
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Hardin County
County Extension
Kountze
Dick Carroll
Chambers County
Gorden Hart
Liberty County
Hardin County Savings and Loan Nears $2 Million Asset Mark
Hardin County Savings and Loan Association reports assets surpassing $2,000,000 after four years since opening in October 1955 with $125,000. It has 1300 savings accounts and over $1.5 million in home loans. President A. R. Neyland and board chair Frank Carpenter lead a listed slate of officers and directors.
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Hardin County Savings and Loan Association
Robert Neyland
Neyland
Hardin County
Hardin County Savings and
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Larry Hardison
Barbara Jane Hough
Jimmy Wills
Bruce Watts
Silshee
Silshee High School
Maurice Hobbs
Jack Hetherington
Raymond McGahion
Hobbs
Hetherington
Silsbee Kiwanians
Silsbee C of C
Chance-Loek
Sam Spurlock
Spurlock
First Baptist
Hello World
B&pw
Coed Beauty Shop
Read- Turrentine School
Silsbee Lions Club
Exquisette Club
Oil Information Committee
Terry Gossett
A&m
Panhandle
J. W. Wilson
Jasper
Lee Smyly
J. L. Gammill
Gammill
Mittie Cora Gammuill
Ruel, Raymond
Judson Gammill
Maud Lewis
R. J. Craig
J. W. Gammill
Burney
Calif
Davey Gammill
Mattie Kirkham
Katie LaForge
Marble Falls
Rose Smith
Georgetown
Sam McElroy
Homer Holland
Bruce Fuller
Mark Kelly
Hardin County Savings and Loan
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